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Mr. GEORGE A. SpEER offers for rent the
home of the late DR.. Norwood In Hodges. 1t
is the finest property in this part Of the coun-
try. y bargain may be had.
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"And there's han. my trusty friend,
And gle q ham o thine"

were reached each man offered his right hama
10 his left hand nciGhhor. while his right hand
neohhor took his left hand. When the last
Of the song was sung the club adjourned, all
feeling glad for being present.
Mr.. J. G. Kluyh is next csSayist, Judge Goth
ran alternate. Place of meeting, Major A. b.
Wardlaw's.
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INSURANCE LICENSE.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL,
COLUMBIA. S. c., Sept. "A, 1856.

OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL,
COLUMBIA, S. Co. Sept. a. 1855.
| CERTIFY, That Mr.. j. T. PARKS, Of
4 bbeyille, Agent CT THE CHESAPEAKE
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. incorpora.
ted by the District of Columbia, has compiled
with the acquisitions Of the Act of the Gen
eral Assembly entitled "An Act to regulate
the Agencies of Insurance Companies not In.
corporate In the State Of South Carolina."
and hereby license the said Mr.. j. T. Parks,
gent aforesaid. to take risks and transact all
business of Insurance in this State, in the
County OF Abbeville, for and in behalf OF said
Company.
w. f. STONEY,
Comptroller General.
April 7, 1856.
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3421.
THE ANNUAL MEETING Of the share.
holders Of THE NATIONAL BANK OF
ABBEVILLE will be held In The hank build
ing on TUESDAY, 10th January, 1887, ut II
D. s. BARNWELy,
Dec. O. 1856. At Cashier.
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Application for Charter.

'l'HE members of the "Love and Aid Socie.
| ty' of White Hall township Abbeville
County, will apply TO the Clerk of the Court
for u charter, after thirty days from tins date.
HENRY WILLIAMS. President.
GEORGE THOMAS. Fire-President.
SLOAN MORTON, Secretary.
HAMPTON WARDLAW, Treasurer.
+. A. CUNNINGHAM,
JAMES DIGGS, and others.
Dec l5 1886, 1t
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
COME TO TEXAS.

Now that President and Mrs. Cleve-
land have concluded to visit Kansas City
and St. Louis, the people of Texas should
bestir themselves and make one common
effort to induce the distinguished visit.
ors to extend their trip SO as to include
the Lone Star State, end witness this
land of plenty and promise. II the proper
efforts were made and made In time, it is
not improbable that they would be
crowned with success. If we show our
chief executive that our generous soil
produces no such intolerance and baleful
sectionallsm as has disgraced other p0r-
lions Of the country, but th&t we are
generous, maerarinous, large-souied and
proud of our state ana CT our common
his pre- ence. We need not invite him as
the guest Of this city or that; as the guest
OF Democrats or Democracy, bat as the
welcome guest Of the people OF Texas
irrespective Of party slliIiatiO2s; it
will be more to our honor ard
his, and materially dissip2te the
idea entertained of Us abroad, that
we are people CT narrow minds and
vicious prejudices. A visit from the
President OF the Uaited States would be
an honor which Texas would appreciate.
There is not citizen of the state who
would not consider it SO and willingly
contribute to its success. We are as
true to principle here as elsewhere; we
are a. loyal to party ard as unylelding IN
our convictions as any other state in the
Union; Democrats are as good Demo
Gratis and Republicans are as good Repub-
leans Gs il places where more noise is
made, out we never forge that we are
Texans and are prepared 10 extend cor
dial reception to and receive with courte-
Gus hospitality the representative head of
the nation. This fact was proven when
the bitternesses OF the late war. now nap
PLY forgotten, were fresh in the minds OF
the people, by the reception extended Gen
eral Grant on his visit to Tex1s. Demo
crat and Republican alike turned out to
do him honor, and in SO doing honored
themselves and their state. The
same chiv2Irous and patriot; spirit
exists ct present, and If properly
directed will doubtless evsntu1te in the
accomplishment OF our desire. The sug-
gestion of correspondent OF The GA
ZETTE, that the good people CT Texas
meet in Fort Worth or at some conyen-
lent place at en early day, should be acted
upon, Just where this preliminary meet
Ing will he held matters no., save for
convenience, the object being OF state and
not OF local Importance. The leading
citizens, the farmers, mechanics, lawyers,
laboring men, merchants, bankers,
or, to use the broader and proper term,
the people of Texas, should send up dele
gstes to some convenient and central
point to arrange preliminaries and ap-
point committee of invitation to invite,
in the name of all the people oiTexas, the
President and Mrs. Cleveland to visit US.
THE GAZETTE hopes this matter will BIZ
taken up and acted on promptly. What
say the people Of Texas?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
Grover Cleveland on Top.

Philadelphia Press. Rep
The Ohio Democratic convention set
ties Grover Cleveland's denomination.
The President is on top. His friends con-
trolled the convention from first to last.
II there WAS any state in which Demo
cratic opposition to another term for
President Cleveland was possible, it was
Ohio. Even in 1884, the party and its
most conspicuous newspaper gave him
but lukewarm support. Through SIS
and 1856, the leading Democrats OF the
state were opposed to him. In no state
has his policy been more bitterly Criti-
cised than in Ohio. No DemoCra ic paper
has printed more attacks upon him than
the Cincinnati Enquirer. The rank and
file of the party shared this bitter anta2
onism. "KidS" or "MossbaCKs, one
short year ago the Ohio Democracy had
no use for Grover Cleveland.
Tais hss changed. Mr.. j. Il. Mclean
stayed away, but his friends were on
hand doing the administration bidding
The Thurman men are shelved, and with
them me one nan WHO might be caudi-
date from OHIO ia the next national Dem
ocratic convention Bat the OliO Demo-
crscg Will have 10 candidate there. It
viii second; the pomiEstion from New
York, and the nomination from thai state
will be Grover Cleveland.
There are Democrats who dislike this;
! but dislike 1t or not, accept 1t they must.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
TEXAS OIL WELLS.

There is but little fuss being made over
the MISTER of the output OF coal oil from
Texas wells. The owners Of the land
near Nacogdoches are keeping their own
counsel and prudently preserving a
silence. Tney have, however, put a
number of travelling statesmen on the
road, who are now selling oil, and the
chances sre that before many moons shall
wax ard wene the Standard Oil Company
shall have buckled on its bayonet aud
sailed forth to crush out its pTesump-
tuous young rival. The past history Of
the Standard Oil monopoly has been one
Of determination to ell competitors.
Sooner than permit 8 rival to exist, thou
sands of gallons Of Oil will be distributed
free in the territory occupied BY it 1t is
not improbable that the Texas wells will
feel the displeasure of this great mo-
nopoly and be compelled to sell out to it.
The owners of the Texas wells are ex-
cussble for keeping quiet.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

THERE isn't q man in Texas who hasn't
as good right to his opinions and vote
on the question Of prohibition as any
other man. II is question that demands
consideration from mans intelligence
and patriotism, snG however widely men
my differ as to means the majority of
them in this country seek the same end
"the greatest good to the greatest num-
Der" Therefore there should be no pro-
s;ription, and the man who is intolerant
CT the freedom other men exercise is
unworthy of the freedom ne enjoys. That
man who would injure others for not
agreeing with him lacks but the power to
be G Nero, aud that man whose opinions
ere formed a. the dictation Of others is a
slave at heart, and his personal liberty of
no higher order than that Of the brute
creation.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
Has Texas n DIR. Jekyll?

Hnl!aQeIphla f1ess'
For two years and half past the pao-
pie OF Texas have been excited by the
commission of series CT the most inhu-
man murders. The number OF crimes
now reaches o dozen, they have been con-
fined to two places, and apparently the
deed in each csse was done By the same
hand. The trsgical record opened OF
Christmas morning, 1881, when colOred
servant woman was found murdered III
the yard attached to her cabin. In few
weeks another colored woman met the
same fate in precisely the same manner,
and within few months third Colored
servant girl was murdered. Thus far one
victim seems to have been sutflcien: to
satisfy the murderous passion of the as
sassln, but on the next essay two victims
were added to his list, then three were
slain in bunch, then one and little
later two more.
All these crimes were committed in the
city of Austin during the twelve months
from Christmas, 1884, to Christmas,
1885. There WAS striking similarity in
the incidents connected with this series
Of tragedies In esch case the murderer
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
100 Doses One Dollar

chose the same method Of despa.ching
his victim end apparently u.ed the same
Instrument for accomplishing his ruG-
pose. From the nature Of the wounds
this appears to be s hatChtt, and the as
sassiu'S method was 10 stan the victim by
blow on the tempe with tae hammer side
and then drive tie 5lade through the fore
heSd into the br&in. But not
outstanding the mos. searching IN
vestigatiOn no ClewS have ever been dis
covered leading to the perpetratur Of this
remarkable series OF crimes TIL best
detective skull was Calied i'll, packs II
bl1Cdhounds were put en- the trail sad
voluntary committees q citizens lent
their aid, but sII were benl "a, ard the
murders ard the purpose for which they
were committed remain t1-dav sdrOud4u
il profound mystery.
The interest ia the mater hsd nearly
died out when it was suddenly awakened
again by the discovery Two weeks ago IS
Gainesville, in the same stSte, Of an 81
tempt to murder two young white women,
one Of whom has since died. The method
and TIE instrument were apparently the
same Is ta0se used il Austin, and the
people Of Gainesville feel certain that
the murderer who @lutted his insane pas
sion for blood by killing eleven victims
in Austin has transferred the sceDe OF his
operations 10 their town. Whether they
are correct or not, there is 2 stirling re
sem6lance running through Gil these
tragedies. All CT the victims have Been
women, with two exceptions only, and
these were killed probably more from ue-
CeSSity than choice. Another cirCum-
stance is the murderer's disregard OF tie
commonest precautions He has in
majority Of instances chosen br. glt moon
light nights for the commission o. his
crimes, end on the only occasion when Re
was seen he showed but lille haste u
his movements.
OF course, it is possible tHa. these muir
der5 have oCen committed by different
persons, Guz there are many circumstances
which sustain the theory tkat one hand is
responsible for ali Of them. The mystery
surrounding them, the lack Of any ap1Gr.
ent motive in a1y instance and the ease
with which tie assassin ccnCe2ls his id4n-
THY, haTe led many people - conjecture
that Texas he's another DR.. Jekyll who
Transforms himself into z murderou5 Mr..
Hyde when his passion for crime over
comes him. Perhaps his propensity for
murder Was first developed by reading
&r. Steye0SOn's powerful romance.
Whether this is 2 true theory or whether
SD organized band Of murderers did the
deeds, Il IS celtsin thSt they viii take
rank among the ln6ss remarkable crimes
thst this country has witnessed.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
Il lCAdAlN

CORRESPONDENCE Of TIE Gaz1tte.
RUcKDALE, Ten, JcIy 2s.-W. II.
Stabicki, druggist, was closed By attach
mant to-day st tho instance o. the T1omp-
son Drug Company Of Galveston, whose
claim amounted 10 $500 Local c-ecit-
ors had previously bcugh, goods 20 cover
claims amounting to $3.50. Tne break IS
complete.
Oar vision Of an overwhelming Gotten
crop hes been dIssIpated. Some lccali-
ties have suffered from droulh ana others
from the boil worm, while others are still
more promising; summing al of which
up the yield VIII about be an average one.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

THE movement TO "read out" prohibi
ton Democrats has taken another step
forward, Heretofore it has been content
to threaten that it will open the doors
with an anti-prohibition plank and tell
the boys TO "come il quick" or stay out.
Now, il seems, "they will ask whether 6
Prohioitionist can b. Democrat"
Ia other words, the right Of all
who voted for prohibition to participate
in Democratic conventions is to be
questioned, if not denied. Such is the
reading of this from the Dallas News:
The people who met yesterday in 50 many
thousands will be heard from again, as already
stated In these dispatches. They will ask now
whether Prohibitionist car be Democrat.
The fun Will begin then. The arbitrary way Of
doing and saying things will be taken in hand
and people will be hel1 responsible for ignor
ance of party principle.
By parity Of reasoning, all who vote
sg.lnst prohibition can be Demo
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
Thu New Election Law,
Austin Statesman.


The amendments of the law by the
Twentieth Legislature are now of Il
special interest. Chapter 81, section l.,
on elections, now reads that the presiding
officer of every precinct casting more
than 100 votes shall appoint three judges
and four clerks, and he shall deslgnate
two c these judges to be counting judges,
and the remaining jpdge and himself shall
be the receiving judges. Two OF tie
clerks shall be receiving, and the other
two csnvassing clerks. The latter VIII
keep the tally sheets, and the former the
poll lists.
The second section says there shall be
two ballot boxes, marked No. aud >
st the outset the presiding Judge shall
see that both sre empty. Here is where
the new law differs from the old-the OBJ
iect being to expedite the count. The re-
ceiving Judge deposits the ballots in box
No. till the end OF the first hour. Box
No. l is then delivered to the counting
Judges, who, Of course, will represent
both the contending parties. The count
ing now begins while the receiving Judges
deposit the ballots in box No. >, during
the second hour. Thus the rotation is
kept up until the close, when all the tick
cts are placed in bCX to be delivered
over to the county clerk.
No persons are to DE permitted IN the
counting room except any representative
person that may be selected by either
party.
At the close OF each hour the judges
may announce to the crowd the total vote
poiled, but shall make no statement az
to the vote for any particular candidate!
A vote can be rejected, upon proper
grounds, by a msjority OF the managers
of the election.
One OF the effects OF this law will be tc
prevents all night counts, IS we'll as noe
turnal opportunities for bsliot-box stuff
ing and other rascalities, la Chicago.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
Committee on Transportation

"IF," SAYS the Courier-Journal, "the
totally OF the regressive synthesis has
any bearing or the rex. presidential cleo
ton, the people of the United States will
see the philosophy OF acting in concord
aud re-electing Mr.. Cleveland" This is
good, sound doctrine, and freely trans
lated means that when a mans brooches
are so constructed that he has to walk
around behind himself in order to get mis-
hand in his pocket, 1t is the par. of pru-
dence for him to take his quart in his
hand, SIS long as il lasts.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
Ell PASO ONIONS.

Editor Weekly q azette;
Please tell US something about the e. Paso
Mexican onion. J. Is 1t reliable onion for
Texas: ,. What price does this onion gener
ally command: 3. VIII the FL Paso onion ma
tute full Tie from seed planted the first sea
son r. F. JONES,
Grapevine, Tex.
TIE GAZETTE regrets to say that its
education in rootology has been sadly
neglected and the desired information
cannot be given. Doubtless some Of the
readers OF this paper can furnish answers
to Mr. Jones' questions.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
TO LETTER WRITERS.

THE GAZETTE is constantly IN receipt
of arguments pro ct con on the prohibi-
ton question. We cannot make place
for any CT these communications without
printing ali of them, and to print all OF
them would exclude everything else from
the paper. All arguments on the ques-
ton must be sent to the business office
with request for terms. THE GAZETTE
cannot return such communications IN
less stamps are sent to prepay return
postage.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
DELIVERED BY CARRIERS:

Renittances By draft, postofce a.o1ey order or
a registered letter, at risk Of Office,
Correspondence is solicited npo': all "s7os suO-
fleets. ..,
Prompt Information Of svents and 'e,cs happen
tnQs OF General ;rterest solicited, and s0iI De prop
cTTy compensated. .,,.-.,...
IN Communications in$ended jor publication
rsuSt be accompanied by the acSiterS meme ana Ga
dress -,,ot for publicGtion-out as a" eV'ae''ce o.
good rGtth. ,-. .,
Parties ,criti,sg to THE GAZETTE on business
persona! to themselves ac:H please ircose stamp JOS
reply. ,,--,, r, ,,--,,
tche:hey on. business or for publication should De
addressed to THE GAZETTE, or DEMOCRAT PUB
LISTING Co, Fort Worth, 1tr., AND NOT TO
INDIVIDUALS.
Al cheeks, money orders, postal notes, etc,
should be made payable TO the DEMOCRAT tuB-
LIsHISG Go.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
wreck on the Baltt1nor. and Ohio

PlTTsBUIG, PA, July 22.-An express
train west bound on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad dashed into west hound
freight train standing on the main track
ct West Newton. The engine of the
freight train had broken, and both en-
gineer and iremen were under the engine
making repairs when the collision oc-
CURED. The engineer and fireman of the
freight train were killed and g number of
passengers were injured
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
Naturalization and Votes.
NNrocO nov


Naturalizad foreigners who propose 10
vote on August should be very care
full and clearly satisfied inst they have
fully complied with every requirement OF
the law respecting naturalization and
citizenship. 1t does not matter which
way the foreigner intends to vote, wheth-
er for or against prohibition. Both sides
are going to be unusually ylGilant, and
the man who votes when he is not erti-
tied &c do so will certainly get into tr0u-
BILE, whether he be pro or anti. Some OF
our foreign born citizens ere not familiar
with the laws, and by Offering to vote
may commit crime without intending 10
do so. Foreign born C.tiZa1S who are
well informed on the suffice should
look to this matter AID advise their
COuntrymen who may perChgnce not be
so well informed. The election laws are
very plsIu and say s citizen Of the nited
States must be resident OF the county
six months and the state twelve months
TO be qualified voter. The naturalizl-
ton makes him q citizen Of the United
States, but does not make Texas voter
Of min. His residence in Texas IS
citizen Of the United States dates from
his naturalization; then he must live III
Texas twelve months. The laws of Texas
relate only 10 citizens Ct Texas; and 8
subject Of Germany or England could
not vote il Texas were he to reside here
twelve wears,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

WHEN Chicago and New York find G
troublesome citizen they should elect him
to the City Council. When Z man serves
term as alderman in New York or Chi
cago he usually leaves his couatry for his
country's good directly afterwards.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
TO ALL CORRESPONDENTS.

TIL OO1F1t17
Correspondents are again notified not
to send THE GAZETTE synopSes OF pro-
hibition or anti-prohlbition speeches.
Those who cannot comply with this IT.
struction will please send nothing 81 all.
1t is enough TO send the name of the ora
tor and the number of the audience, with
any unusual incident. TIE GAZETTE
wants no mans opinions or biased re-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

II Is customary thing for American
newspapers to make merry over the igno-
rance Of the current affairs OF this coun-
try exhibited by English journals. We
cannot blame them, however, when we
look at hcme and see in the Alts Califor-
MIA, one CT the brightest aud best papers
on the Golden Slope, 6 paragraph like
this: "The prohibition campaign in
Texas is getting torrid. Hon. Roger Q
Mills has been hung in efigy,and Speaker
Crockett Of the Legislature has been
turned out of church, because they opposed
prohibition" Il the msrtyred hero OF
the Alamo had known that ne would be
accused CT being Speaker OF Texas Leg
islsture in 1887 he would have been
carving Mexicans, instead of reposing in
his grave, the past fitty-one years.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

a CINCINNATI electrician has invented
trumpet by the use of which a CONVEX
sation can be carried on between people
four miles apart. Prohibition orators
should secure these trumpats when they
desire to discuss the amendment before
San Antonio audiences.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

AMPLE stock yards ct Fort Worth will
soon develop the potency OF the live
stock trade in building up the city. TIE
live stock trade is to the cities what the
printers would call "a pick up"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

THE Pine Bluff Ark Commercial
says: "The Fort Worth GAZETTE is one
the handsone5t newspapers IN the south,
and its editorial and local columns are
worthy of emulation"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
WATCH YOUR BALLOTS.

The prohibition joint resolution re-
quires ballots to have printed or written
on them:
For State Prohibition.
Or, Against State Prohibition.
The omission Of the word state will be
fatal, AID all ballots that simply have on
them "for prohibition" or "against pro-
hibition" will be valueless. Let voters
be careful. Watch your ballots.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

TIE good ladies OF Calvert and else
where can rest assured that TIE GAZETTE
will always stand ready to defend them
against the ignorant vIciousness OF name
less nobodys, from wherever they hail.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

THE Navy Department should not test
any of it's guns or war ships. The way 10
gain victory is to give our war ships to
the enemy as gift and let him kill him
self by trying 10 kill US
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

SENATOR HEARsT's sect in the United
States Senate ia said to be in danger.
Some Ct MS fellow citizens are said to De
placing aflitavits loaded with dynamite
under It.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

KNIGHTS of Honor throughout Texas
will be interested in the following letter
IRON Mr.. Smith:
DALLAS, Tx, July =, lsS7.
The Missouri PGciG: and Texas ana Pacific
Railways have given round trip rate of one
and one third fare for the represeL tativss to
the Grand Lodge, knights of Honor which
meets at Austin on August ;, 1857. Tickets TO
be on sale July 81, August and ,, good to re
turn up to ana including August5.
FRANK j. SMITH.
Committee on Trgnsportatiyn
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
OnSOf the Hest,


The Fort Worth GAZETTE is welcome
daily visitor to our office. 1t comes with
It's pages ladened with general news aud
able editorials on sll questions, making
Il one OF the best papers in the state.